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Lee Westwood may have been firing a warning shot or playing mind games as he talked about the prospects of the U.S. and Europe in the Ryder Cup.As he prepared to make his 10th appearance in the competition at Hazeltine next week, he made it clear that he has not been entirely convinced by the selection and leadership of Davis Love III or vice-captain Tiger Woods.His [Loves] captaincy at Chicago was great for a couple of days, Westwood said, remembering how Love presided over his countrys rise and fall in 2012 at Medinah, when the team let a 10-6 lead slip in the singles on the final day.I dont know if something went wrong on the Sunday, or the team didnt play very well for some reason, but that will be in the back of their minds.Love was not the favorite to be named Americas captain before his role was confirmed, with Fred Couples fancied by many and the disunity that was obvious under Tom Watsons leadership at Gleneagles in 2014 still front of mind.Once the bulk of his team was named, however, the narrative quickly moved on. In terms of the balance of power, the Europeans, for whom the possibility of a rookie horror show has been raised, have been asked a lot by their local media about tackling what has been seen as a strong opposition line up.Love can boast players such as Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson and, while Europe has Rory McIlroy and Westwood, captain Darren Clarke will be heading to Minnesota with six players making their debuts.Westwood will be one of the experienced players in the team on hand to help rookies such as Chris Wood, Thomas Pieters and Matt Fitzpatrick adjust to the unique Ryder Cup atmosphere, but he hinted the U.S. team might have some teething troubles of its own.There seem to have been issues about team spirit and chemistry, Westwood told ESPN. Loves has not picked Bubba Watson and I dont know what that does for team spirit -- he was first outside the points qualification and is No.7 in the world.The captain is obviously building them up a lot and making a few interesting decisions. They have have got a strong side and probably are favorites but they havent won it for a while and they are playing in front of a home crowd -- there is a lot of pressure on them.That is going to keep building in the next week or so and by the time the Ryder Cup comes around it is going to be pretty intense for them, the week in Minnesota.They have got this task force in place, they are obviously being very serious and doing as much as they can to win the Cup back. There is a lot of pressure on them.The role of the teams vice-captains -- one which many thought Westwood would have been given for Europe had Clarke not made him one of his three picks -- is to help players deal with outside influences and issues, keep the team in top form.But having Woods, a seven-time player with a 13-17-3 record, on the U.S. roster will bring extra attention, even if Love has claimed the 14-time major winners strength will be in his contribution to strategy.I dont know what impact there will be from having Tiger around, Westwood said. They [the U.S. team] have always struggled to find a partner for Tiger thats been successful.He could have an adverse effect in the team room. People have always seemed to try to do too much when they have partnered him. 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The last couple innings he went back to just working down in the zone and getting early count outs.Greinke (12-4) allowed two runs -- one earned -- and six hits to earn his ninth win in 13 career starts against San Francisco and his first overall since Aug. 9.Arizonas ace also improved to 4-0 with a 1.66 ERA in six starts at AT&T Park.I think the first time I pitched here I gave up five runs, Greinke said. Its a good place to pitch obviously. I felt I was making good pitches all game. I couldnt strike anyone out but I was getting weak contact so it was fine.Welington Castillo hit a two-run single to cap a four-run fifth that chased Cueto, while A.J. Pollock singled twice and reached four times to help the Diamondbacks end a four-game losing streak to their division rival.Daniel Hudson gave up an RBI single to Angel Pagan in the ninth but retired three batters for his second save.The loss keeps the Giants 1 1/2 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.Cueto (14-5) pitched well early but failed to make it out of the fifth for the first time this season. He allowed four runs, walked four and struck out five.I think the pitches caught up with him, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. His command was a little off, he started missing his spots. It just got away from him.Pagan and Hunter Pence had three hits apiece for San Francisco.In the fifth, Chris Owings hit ann RBI triple, and after Cueto walked Greinke, Jean Segura singled in Owings.dddddddddddd Two batters later, Castillos two-run single gave Arizona a 4-1 lead and ended Cuetos night.Once we got something going we kept it going, Hale said.Brandon Crawford drove in San Franciscos first run with a sacrifice fly in the third.Pence and Joe Panik hit back-to-back doubles in the sixth to make it 4-2.DEFENSIVE GEMThe Diamondbacks preserved the win by turning double plays in the seventh and eighth innings. Second baseman Segura started the inning-ender in the eighth when he fielded Paniks grounder near second base and flipped the ball out of his glove to shortstop Owings, who threw to first to complete the double play.CUETOS SLUMP CONTINUESCueto dominated the first half but has struggled since. The NLs starting pitcher in the All-Star game has just one win in nine starts since the break.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: Chris Herrmann (strained left hamstring) continues to rehab with Triple-A Reno and Hale is confident the catcher will rejoin the big league club soon.Giants: Span left the game with a stiff neck in the seventh. ... Pence had missed the last three games with a strained right hamstring. ... Jake Peavy received a cortisone shot to alleviate some of the pain in his lower back.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: RHP Shelby Miller (2-9) will be called up from Reno to make his 15th start of the season Wednesday in the second half of this two-game series. Miller hasnt pitched in the majors since July 6 and his 7.14 ERA is nearly double that of any previous season.Giants: LHP Matt Moore (8-10) pitches the finale for San Francisco. Moore lost his bid for a no-hitter with one out in the ninth inning against the Dodgers in his most recent start. ' ' '